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Curbside Classics Archives
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![(first posted 12/5 2018) Yes, I’m digging up up some pretty obscure stuff here deep in the tubes of you, but I find these kinds of old home movies […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras162/images/thumbnail.png "Vintage Video: Eugene’s Westside Motorcycle Club Does Stunts on Hwy 99 in 1938")
Vintage Video: Eugene’s Westside Motorcycle Club Does Stunts on Hwy 99 in 1938
Posted on December 5, 2024 | 22 Comments(first posted 12/5 2018) Yes, I’m digging up up some pretty obscure stuff here deep in the tubes of you, but I find these kinds of old home movies […] -
CC Video: Tourists Crossing the Gotthard Pass in 1963 and 1965 – Car Spotting And Wild Passing Galore
Posted on November 27, 2024 | 24 Comments(first posted 11/27/2018) I somehow stumbled into these last night on my bed-time YouTube surfing. These are terrific, and feature great car spotting, even a fair number […] -
![Youtube has many surprises, and this is one I spotted last week. An Austin A35, Austin and BMC’s entry level car at the time, was picked at random from the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/DSC01770.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Video Outtake: 1956 Austin A35 Economy Run")
Video Outtake: 1956 Austin A35 Economy Run
Posted on December 16, 2023 | 33 CommentsYoutube has many surprises, and this is one I spotted last week. An Austin A35, Austin and BMC’s entry level car at the time, was picked at random from the […] -
![(first posted 4/25/2017) Ford assembled Model T’s and A’s in Cleveland from about 1911 to 1932, but really grew its presence there after WWII. In the early 1950s, a foundry […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Ford-Foundry-EP1Foundry1953.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Vintage Video: Ford Cleveland Foundry & Engine Plant, 1953 – My Father’s Job Of A Lifetime")
CC Vintage Video: Ford Cleveland Foundry & Engine Plant, 1953 – My Father’s Job Of A Lifetime
Posted on April 25, 2023 | 39 Comments(first posted 4/25/2017) Ford assembled Model T’s and A’s in Cleveland from about 1911 to 1932, but really grew its presence there after WWII. In the early 1950s, a foundry […] -
![Long time readers of CC may remember a history of the Land Rover series 1 I posted back in 2015. In it, I mentioned a trip made in 1955 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1-100310095938.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Video: The First Overland, London to Singapore, 1955-56")
Vintage Video: The First Overland, London to Singapore, 1955-56
Posted on April 8, 2023 | 14 CommentsLong time readers of CC may remember a history of the Land Rover series 1 I posted back in 2015. In it, I mentioned a trip made in 1955 […] -
CC Video: ‘Happy Journey’ in a Tatra 603
Posted on February 8, 2023 | 21 Comments(first posted 2/8/2017) No journey back in time to large European rear-engine cars like the splendid one we had today would be complete without what is undoubtedly one of the […] -
![(first posted 12/1/2016) Back when I was a kid in New Orleans, Archie Manning (of the Saints football team) and Oldsmobile cars were both phenomenally popular. One of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Archie-Manning-Football-Showroom.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage TV Ad: 1979 Oldsmobiles – Archie Manning Suits Up For Royal Oldsmobile")
Vintage TV Ad: 1979 Oldsmobiles – Archie Manning Suits Up For Royal Oldsmobile
Posted on December 1, 2022 | 67 Comments(first posted 12/1/2016) Back when I was a kid in New Orleans, Archie Manning (of the Saints football team) and Oldsmobile cars were both phenomenally popular. One of the […] -
Vintage Video: GM’s 1956 Prediction Of The Autonomous (Turbine) Car Of 1976
Posted on May 20, 2022 | 53 Comments(first posted 5/20/2016) -
![Spijkstaal is a Dutch manufacturer of a wide range of electric vehicles for the commercial market. The company was founded in 1938 and in its homeland it’s best known for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/IMG_9854.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global and Video: Spijkstaal BEVs – From Burden Carriers To Stuntworthy Mobile Grocery Stores")
CC Global and Video: Spijkstaal BEVs – From Burden Carriers To Stuntworthy Mobile Grocery Stores
Posted on December 21, 2021 | 6 CommentsSpijkstaal is a Dutch manufacturer of a wide range of electric vehicles for the commercial market. The company was founded in 1938 and in its homeland it’s best known for […] -
![The Stelvio Pass is the highest pass in the eastern Alps and one of the highest in the Alps, at over 9,000ft, and links Italy and Switzerland. Visually, it is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/stelvio.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Mountain Pass Video: Passo dello Stelvio in una Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6")
Mountain Pass Video: Passo dello Stelvio in una Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6
Posted on October 17, 2021 | 13 CommentsThe Stelvio Pass is the highest pass in the eastern Alps and one of the highest in the Alps, at over 9,000ft, and links Italy and Switzerland. Visually, it is […] -
CC Video: Men At Work
Posted on July 4, 2021 | 2 CommentsOver the past years, I posted many typical Dutch brick haulers, like these. Their main characteristics: they’re heavy and they come with multiple steering axles and a rolloader crane. Last […] -
![During the summer of 1992, I was 15 years old. One would think that my fondest memories would involve first or second loves and long days hanging out with my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Smith-System-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Driver’s Ed Video: Harold Smith And The Smith System Of No-Accident Driving – Saving Us From Ourselves")
CC Driver’s Ed Video: Harold Smith And The Smith System Of No-Accident Driving – Saving Us From Ourselves
Posted on October 26, 2020 | 35 CommentsDuring the summer of 1992, I was 15 years old. One would think that my fondest memories would involve first or second loves and long days hanging out with my […] -
Top Ten Motor Vehicle Producing Countries 1950-2019 – A Very Graphic Tale
Posted on September 14, 2020 | 22 CommentsRoger Carr sent me this video that makes for quite compelling viewing. It graphically illustrates the changing status of various countries in terms of their total motor vehicle output. […] -
![From 1974 to 1981, the Zwaans company was the Dutch Mack importer. They put around 250 units of them on our roads. The F-series cabover, originally introduced in 1962, was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/mack-overdorp.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Video: 1980 Mack F786ST 6×4 Tractor – An Old Mack Got Its Mojo Back And a 1:50 Scale Tribute")
CC Video: 1980 Mack F786ST 6×4 Tractor – An Old Mack Got Its Mojo Back And a 1:50 Scale Tribute
Posted on September 7, 2020 | 14 CommentsFrom 1974 to 1981, the Zwaans company was the Dutch Mack importer. They put around 250 units of them on our roads. The F-series cabover, originally introduced in 1962, was […] -
![Overland transport from Northwestern Europe to far destinations like Iran (Persia), Pakistan and Afghanistan. Being away from home for three months, while driving around 20,000 km in harsh conditions (harsh […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/fiat-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Video: Middle East Trucking In The Seventies – Big Fiats On a Dusty Roll")
CC Video: Middle East Trucking In The Seventies – Big Fiats On a Dusty Roll
Posted on September 3, 2020 | 20 CommentsOverland transport from Northwestern Europe to far destinations like Iran (Persia), Pakistan and Afghanistan. Being away from home for three months, while driving around 20,000 km in harsh conditions (harsh […]
